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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Talaq e biddat
‘Only Talaq-e-Biddat (Triple Talaq) is prohibited and not Talaq-e-Ahsan’; Bombay HC quashes FIR against husband and his parents
Respondent 2 stated that the notice which her husband, Applicant 1 had given on 28-12-2023, stated that Talaq-e-Ahsan i.e., one pronouncement of Talaq, was given to her.
[Mohammedan law] Legislature only prohibits Talaq-e-Biddat or Talaqs having effect of instantaneous and irrevocable divorce: Himachal Pradesh HC
In the present case, the FIR refers to the notice dated 25-04-2022, which reads that the petitioner conveyed the first communication of Talaq by pronouncing the word ‘Talaq’. It nowhere mentions that the Talaq had become irrevocable, or it had the effect of instantaneous divorce.
Ker HC | Mere use of word ‘irrevocably’ does not render pronouncement of talaq illegal if intention of the husband shows otherwise; HC states
“Mere use of word ‘irrevocably’ does not render pronouncement of talaq illegal if intention of the husband shows otherwise”
Del HC | Merely because triple talaq has been declared to be void and illegal, it does not mean that legislature could not have made continuation of such practice an offence
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar, JJ., in regard to Triple Talaq observed that, Prima facie it